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Satellite · NORAD 28414 · COSPAR 2004-035B

SHIJIAN-6 01B (SJ-6 01B)

ActivePayloadLEOTechnology derived

Altitude now

546.5km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.59km/s

Inclination

97.60°

Period

95.6 min

95.6 min

Perigee

543km

Apogee

549km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:13 UTC (7.2 h old)· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of SHIJIAN-6 01B (SJ-6 01B)SHIJIAN-6 01B (SJ-6 01B)
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Latitude
2.588° S
Longitude
139.424° E
Altitude
546.5 km
Velocity
7.590 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:13 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Technology
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
2.4 m²
Constellation membership derived
Shijian via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • SHIJIAN-6 01B (SJ-6 01B)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
08 Sept 2004
COSPAR launch id
2004-035

Objects from the same launch · 12

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodePRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 6 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
28414
COSPAR / international designator
2004-035B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM260
Canonical slug
shijian-6-01b-sj-6-01b-28414

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Technology) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.